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EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – December 17, 1966
Service recordEddie Dean Hollandsworth, of Big Spring, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 50
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Big Spring, Texas (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 50
- HOWARD CHISHOLMSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
- CHESTER GARVIS COXFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1966
- JACK JOE DEATONCorporal · December 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CEASAR BRYANTSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 49
- RICHARD LEE CAROTHERSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 49
- HOWARD CHISHOLMSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 50
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 50
- CHESTER GARVIS COXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 50
- JACK JOE DEATONCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 50
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 51
- WILLIE LEE EARNESTPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 51
- DENNIS KEITH ERDOSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 51
- ELLIS CASIANO ESPINOSASergeant First Class · Panel 13E, Line 51
- TIMOTHY DAVID EWINGPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 51
- ANTONIO GARCIASergeant · Panel 13E, Line 52
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 52
- JULIUS GREATHOUSE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 52
- JOHN ELIA HORNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 52
- ARNOLD MELVIN HULLPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 53
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 53
- ALTON RAY KENNEDYCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 53
- DONALD J LEEMHUISPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 54
- JOE LEE LEMONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 54
- ANGEL RAFAEL LUNAPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 54
- CHARLES HENRY MCCLENNAHANPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 54
- HENRY J NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 54
- RAYMOND DENNIS OLZAKPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 55
From Big Spring
- AUGUSTIN CHAVEZ PAREDEZSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- GENE VAUGHNLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- MICHAEL MACKIE OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.